9; see text Ameroglossum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Scrophulariaceae.
It includes nine species native to northeastern Brazil,[1] where they grow in moist forest enclaves on the region's mountains and plateaus.
[2] Ameroglossum pernambucense is endemic to the Borborema Plateau in Pernambuco,[3] and Ameroglossum manoel-felixii is found in Paraíba.
The species are threatened by drought, fires, quarrying, trampling and cattle pasturing.
[1] This Scrophulariaceae article is a stub.